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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives.
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The Age of Aluminum [Die Akte Aluminium]
This film investigates the widespread presence of aluminium in our daily lives, and its surprising consequences for the environment, as well as our health.
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Die Spree: Sinfonie eines Flusses [The Spree: Symphony of a River]
This film examines the roles and impact of Berlin’s Spree River, accompanied by a specially composed symphony from Karsten Gundermann.
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Voices of Transition
This film explores how various communities around the world are transitioning to a more sustainable and local way of life.
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Trashed: No Place For Waste
Jeremy Irons leads the viewer around the world as he explores the worst effects of the amount of waste humans produce, and what can be done about it.
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Scarcity in the Arctic: A Colonial Construct?
In European imagination the North Atlantic has been seen as a region on the far borders of civilization and marked by the contrasts of scarcity and plenty.
Perspectives Article
Anthropocene Blues: Abundance, Energy, Limits
Since fossil fuel consumption has been integral to the project of modernity, energy history offers one way of trying to understand the Anthropocene and link the histories of capital and climate.
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Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
This film explores the issues facing the Colorado River Basin due to increased pressure from population growth, and the effect on an already decreasing water supply.
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A Future Without Oil
This film follows Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s plan to avoid exploiting its Amazonian oil fields and convince industrialized countries to help fund this initiative.
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Gas Hole
This film criticizes America’s dependency on oil, explains how oil companies were able to establish their power, and provides information on viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel.